Deadbeat dads
Subtitle: a national child support scandal
By: Marcia Mobilia Boumil and Joel Friedman.
Contributors: Friedman, Joel, 1936-
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Child support -- United States.; Child support -- Government policy -- United States.; Desertion and non-support -- United States.; Fathers -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Description: This book explores the history, reforms, and consequences of child support in America. The authors have included case studies as well as discussions on the psychological consequences of separating families, effects of divorce laws on the award of child support, contested paternity, and child custody alternatives. They conclude with a discussion on economic responsibility and the deadbeat epidemic.

The book is intended to empower the larger number of parents who are caught in the midst of over-worked agencies, discouraging tales, and the lack of information that keeps them paralyzed from acting on their own behalf.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index.